brunch
brunch, part two: winter fruit salad
January 24th, 2012
Remember my brunch menu from a few weeks ago? Here’s the recipe for the fruit salad that was pictured! I am normally not a fan of fruit salad. I find it annoying to make and typically unsatisfying to eat. I always feel obliged to put some on my plate, so as not to feel too [...]
brunch, part one: cinnamon streusel french toast
January 15th, 2012
For almost 20 years we have started New Year’s Day the same way - going out for breakfast with my parents at one of our favorite local restaurants. As you know, I truly love our family traditions – and this one is no exception. But I just wasn’t “feeling it” this year. We had spent the previous week cramming [...]
holiday baking: one pound cake, two ways (lemon poppy)
December 18th, 2011
If the Deluxe Double-Vanilla pound cake from yesterday was too subtle and low-key for you, then you are going to LOVE this version. It’s got it all going on – flecks of lemon zest and black poppy seeds in the batter, and a shiny, lemony glaze on top. This cake is as pretty as it is [...]
holiday baking: one pound cake, two ways (deluxe double-vanilla)
December 17th, 2011
On the list of all sweet things I love, pound cake………..well, takes the cake. Today’s recipe is from a book I’ve talked about before. Rose Levy Beranbaum’s The Cake Bible has truly been my “bible” for much of my cake-baking life. Her pound cake recipe is the best I’ve ever tried (I’ve made it so often that [...]
i brake for squash, part four: pumpkin bread
November 6th, 2011
I call this the little bread that could. It looks so simple and unassuming, you could easily pass it by. But don’t. It’s so delicious. Light and moist, somewhere between a cake and a tea bread, lovely at any time of day. Noah, of course, favors it for breakfast and I don’t mind at all. [...]
thank you
August 14th, 2011
This post is about parents, grandparents and Coke slushies. It’s also about gratitude, traditions and date-nut bread. I’m sitting in my kitchen, getting ready to pack and prepare as we leave for what will be our 8th trip to Disney World. And when I say “we” I mean Mike, Chelsea, Conor and me. Noah stays [...]
chocolate chip scones
April 26th, 2011
I know, I know. I JUST wrote about scones, like, a month ago. Did I really think we needed another scone recipe? Yes, we do. If it’s THIS scone recipe. In addition to s’mores bars, Chelsea also wanted to make these scones while she was home for spring break. I couldn’t say no as she looks [...]
scone rage
March 24th, 2011
You read correctly. Some people have road rage – I have “scone rage”. See, I had yet another too-large, overly-dry, utterly-tasteless scone recently, and it made me mad. Mad enough to go home and bake a batch of my favorite scones. And I realized that I couldn’t remember the last time I had experienced a [...]
buttermilk country cake
February 20th, 2011
A number of years ago I realized that, whenever a recipe called for buttermilk, I never knew what to do with what was left over. I would invariably leave it in the frig till I determined it was “bad” (even though buttermilk always looks “bad” to me…) and throw it away. I finally decided to [...]
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